US Bravado Won’t Win Space Race with China: Business of Space

Greetings from Princeton, New Jersey. The US-China space race is back in the headlines, with the Trump administration insisting America has the lead, despite China’s advances. But first ...

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China picks up the pace of satellite launches

The space race with China took center stage at the US Chamber of Commerce’s annual aerospace conference in Washington last week, with lots of confident assertions of American superiority.

“The ...